# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbara-parker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:25:10.692Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbara-parker"
name: "Barbara Parker"
slug: "barbara-parker"
description: "Barbara Parker was an American mystery writer. She wrote 12 novels, the first of which, Suspicion of Innocence, was a finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best first mystery novel by an American author. Parker was on the national board of the Mystery Writers of America and was the chair of its membership committee for two years."
tagline: "American writer (1947–2009)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1947-01-28"
deathDate: "2009-03-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.46
  momentum:             0.96045197740113
  historical:           6.340317333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1274526/"
    handle:    "nm1274526"
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Parker"
    title: "Barbara Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B1_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A9)"
    title: "باربرا باركر (كاتبة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "باربرا باركر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%8A%D1%80"
    title: "Барбара Паркър"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Parker_(writer)"
    title: "Barbara Parker (writer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Parker_(escritora)"
    title: "Barbara Parker (escritora)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Parker"
    title: "Barbara Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2555588"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump